Totalitarian Tolerated: Saparmuruat “Turkmenbashi” Niyazov
Release Date: 01/30/2025
Colonel Thomas Rose: Daring, Drive and Discipline
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the tale of the biggest prison escape in US history! Union Colonel Thomas Rose finds himself in the horrifyingly bleak Confederate Libby Prison and faces starvation, disease, rats and death by sewage drowning before finally breaking out - but will be able to reach Union lines now that he’s free in the heart of the confederacy?
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The Monkey Factor: Igor Kenk
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Matt treats the lads to the story of a very successful Slovenian fence for stolen bicycles and the philosophy that drives him; resourcefully repurposing anything that he can find and staying hungry! Is Igor Kenk the most prolific bicycle thief of all time or someone to admire?
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From The Vault: Yukio Mishima: Japanese Homosexual Author Tries To Overthrow Government And Be Ripped
Profiles In Eccentricity
This episode Matt tells our first listener-suggested subject about Yukio Mishima, a nationally prized Japanese novelist and descendant of a samurai dynasty, who, after the second world war, tried to take Japan to the far right, overthrow the government, and loved figuratively shredded dudes getting literally shredded by arrows.
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Craig Smith (Maitreya Kali) Part 2: Hootenightmare
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week returning Fan Favorite Laura Crawford returns to complete the saga of schizophrenic musician and star Craig Smith as he wades through losing friends, delusions of grandeur and homelessness before his work in music lands him posthumous acclaim!
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Craig Smith (Maitreya Kali) Part 1: Golden Coast Glory
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week fan favorite Laura Crawford begins the first episode of a two-part series on the life of saccharine music and TV star Craig Smith aka Maireya Kali! We see Craig born into an alcoholic home here in Los Angeles before exploring a career in TV and music fame in the 60’s, which ultimately leads to a dire situation abroad!
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Charles Lee: Dog In The Fight
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Aaron brings us the tale of the hygienic deplorable rival to General George Washington in time for the nation’s birthday! Charles Lee was a loudmouth British-born oddball with pedigree and an impressive understanding of indigenous struggles but showed himself to be a classic wanker-in-waiting!
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Grover Cleveland Bergdoll: Decadent Deserter Desolate
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Johnboy shares the story of the infamous draft dodger who lived a life of gleeful merriment, access and privilege, before the First World War made him a pariah and brought the nation to a reckoning on avoiding war time service!
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From The Vault: Blowcaine Baseball
Profiles In Eccentricity
Matt delivers a history of chopped up baseball with the saga of the Pittsburgh Pirates 80s coke addiction!!
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Akasha Song: DMT And The Undying Ego
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Matt takes us to Colorado, Brazil and the corners of the dark web to show us the saga of DMT Kingpin Akasha Song! We peel back the effects of DMT, hear from our own listeners’ experiences with the drug and find a man who can’t let go of the money!
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Queho: Stalking Sin City
Profiles In Eccentricity
This week Johnboy revisits a Patreon subject with the legend of Queho, a native man with a limp who terrorized the whites of burgeoning Las Vegas! Surviving the desert wilderness for decades evading capture, was Queho really the first Nevada serial killer, or simply a man who was fed up and trying to live?
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